Alexander Fortuin
Partner Corporate & Finance
Languages
English, Dutch, German
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Overview
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Experience
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Credentials
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Insights and events
Alexander heads the Amsterdam Tax team. For many years now, he has been assisting clients on how to best structure their investments and activities from a Dutch, EU and international tax perspective. Alexander has become a trusted advisor of a wide variety of clients. Clients favour his open and straightforward approach, always looking for the best solution.
The team provides all-round international tax advice, with a focus on M&A, finance, restructuring, equity and debt capital markets, securitization, (re)insurance, real estate, insolvency, exchange of information, litigation and incentive plans.
The strength for clients lies in the combined legal and tax offering across the globe, translating complex technical issues into pragmatic advice.
Representative experience
Advising De Goudse on the sale of their majority stake in VLC & Partners to Howden Insurance
Advising ib vogt on the divestment of its 50% shareholding in Novar to DIF Capital Partners
Advising Fluor Corporation on the sale of the European business of the Stork group and its turbo blading manufacturing operations in the United States to industrial services provider Bilfinger SE
Advising ING on its innovative Green Lion 2023-1 Green RMBS (€850 million) funding transaction
Advising Fidelity on its first European direct lending fund transaction, providing a senior financing package to Clinias Dental Group owned by Bencis and management
Advising Lennox International Inc. on the sale of its European commercial HVAC and refrigeration businesses to funds managed by Syntagma Capital
Advising Tyson Foods on its strategic partnership with Protix
Advising Tikehau Capital, a global alternative asset manager, on its acquisition of a majority stake in CReators of the Outside WorlD (CROWD)
Advising Euronext Amsterdam listed Azerion on the sale of its Youda Games portfolio to NASDAQ listed Playtika
Advising Hivest Capital on the acquisition of the cargo and catering activities of Safran
Advising Committed Advisors as lead investor on Bencis IV’s closing of its €123 million continuation fund
Advising Enpal on securitization of Solar Loan Receivables of up to €356 million for first German residential solar ABS
Advising Stahl on its acquisition of ICP Industrial Solutions Group
Advising private equity firm Ufenau Capital Partners on a number of M&A transactions in the healthcare sector in the Netherlands
Advising Staycity in relation to entry into the Dutch market
Advising Grover on a €270 million asset-backed capital funding
Advising Royal Terberg Group and AutoBinck Group on the sale of Terberg Business Lease Group
Advising CureVac on the acquisition of Frame Therapeutics
Advising Maguar Capital on the majority investment in Effectory
Advising OLB and a.s.r. in €500 million joint acquisition of NIBC Bank’s private loan portfolio
Advising Citigroup on securitisation
Advising banks on increase of AUTO1 ABS financing facility to EUR 1 billion
Assisting EFIC1, one of the largest SPACs listed on Euronext Amsterdam, on its business combination with Azerion
Represented syncreon, a global logistics provider, in its US$1.2 billion acquisition by DP World
Advising on EUR225 million ETECK financing deal
Advising banks on ABS financing of online used car dealer AUTO1
Advising Shop Apotheke Europe N.V. on placement of EUR 225 million convertible bonds
Credentials
- Dutch Association of Tax Advisers (Nederlandse Orde van Belastingadviseurs)